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> 1. SS2000 and Nexstar control/sending disks
> From: Bill J Gray <pluto@...>
> 2. New LX200 GPS first light
> From: "jambroseus" <jambros1@...>
> 3. Re: New LX200 GPS first light
> From: "James Ellis" <ejge24@...>
> 4. Re: Drawing orbits of series of objects
> From: Bernd Brinkmann <bernd.brinkmann@...>
> 5. Re: Drawing orbits of series of objects
> From: fb4a042@...-hamburg.de
> 6. Re: SS2000 and Nexstar control/sending disks
> From: "sftonkin" <mb@...>
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> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:04:19 -0500
> From: Bill J Gray <pluto@...>
> Subject: SS2000 and Nexstar control/sending disks
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> Stephen, as James indicated, use of the SS2000 in LX-200 mode
> should work just fine. If you _do_ find out that some new wrinkles
> have been added, please let me know. But this seems unlikely.
>
> However, it seems a good place to mention that "new wrinkles"
> _have_ been added to the Nexstar series, something I only learned
> recently. The code in Guide to connect to the Nexstar will work
> with the older 5-inch and 8-inch scopes, but not with the newer
> GT mounts and the GPS scopes. In each case, Celestron decided
> to play with the command set a little bit. Seems an odd thing to
> do, but Celestron failed to ask my opinion. (People often make
> that mistake.)
>
> Anyway, the changes are quite minor, and I should be able to
> tweak Guide to use them. If you have such a scope and would be
> willing to test it with Guide, please let me know.
>
> And, a final piece of good news: the revised CDs have arrived
> here. I sent a few on Saturday and will send many more on
> Tuesday (Monday is a US holiday). It'll take me a while to catch
> up with the backlog of orders, though, so it may be a while before
> you get the "Guide was shipped to you today" e-mail.
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> -- Bill
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 04:14:41 -0000
> From: "jambroseus" <jambros1@...>
> Subject: New LX200 GPS first light
>
> Just had my LX200 GPS 10" out for a run. The Optics looked very good
> on this windy cold night (just returned) but software shows some
> disapointments.
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> First Meade seems to have dropped the sync function in favor of "high
> precision" mode. Used to be after you centered and object you could
> sync on it and move with high accuracy to objects nearby. In "high
> precision" mode it aligns on a star before each object is acquired
> and the star can be some distance away. For instance, I was looking
> at M31 and wished to go to M32 (a very short hop). The system slewed
> to a star some 30-40 degrees away for alignment (user centers and
> clicks enter) and then come back to M32 (which so far has missed dead
> center every time). Syncing on M31 and making the short hop directly
> was so much nicer, more accurate and without needless slewing and
> wait time. I cannot believe Meade has dropped the Sync function in
> favor of this. This makes locating objects in my very small CCD chip
> extremely difficult for I will not be able to center an alignment
> star very easily. This makes "high precision" mode unusable after my
> camera is attached. I hope enough complain that they will re-instate
> the sync feature in the next software update.
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> More later.
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> John
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 06:14:44 +0000
> From: "James Ellis" <ejge24@...>
> Subject: Re: New LX200 GPS first light
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> forgive my LX200 ignorance but doesn't the Alignment button in Guide
produce
> the same result as 'Sync' or will that not be registered by the new
GPS
> scopes?
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> James
> Sydney
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:53:56 -0001
> From: Bernd Brinkmann <bernd.brinkmann@...>
> Subject: Re: Drawing orbits of series of objects
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> Hello,
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> look at http://www.easysky.de/
> Perhaps this is the programm you are looking for.
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> Clear skies
> Bernd
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> Bernd Brinkmann
> Herne, Germany
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> http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Bernd.A.Brinkmann/index.html
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:28:31 +0100
> From: fb4a042@...-hamburg.de
> Subject: Re: Drawing orbits of series of objects
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> There is a nice orbit plotter as a Java applet on
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> http://www.astroarts.com/simulation/cometary-orbit.php
> http://www.astroarts.com/simulation/asteroid-orbit.php
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> It can be freely downloaded from
> http://www.astroarts.com/products/orbitviewer/index.html
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> It won't help with the satellite orbits, but is definitively nice
> for plotting a comet orbit etc. through the solar system
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> Hartwig
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 12:19:25 -0000
> From: "sftonkin" <mb@...>
> Subject: Re: SS2000 and Nexstar control/sending disks
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> Bill J Gray <pluto@p...> wrote:
> > Stephen, as James indicated, use of the SS2000 in LX-200 mode
> > should work just fine. If you _do_ find out that some new wrinkles
> > have been added, please let me know. But this seems unlikely.
>
> Thanks to you and James. I ought to point out that I don't have
SS2000, but am considering getting it for my GP when the "financial
controller" permits the expenditure, so I'll no tbe discovering any
'wrinkles' for a while...
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> Steve
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